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)OINT IOR USE IN I INKWORK. APPLICATION FILED DEC.4. 1916..

1,251,965. Patented Jam. 1,1918. "I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS COATALEN, F WOLVEBHAMTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF 'I'O SUNBEAM'MOTOB CAR COMPANY LIMITED, 0F WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND.

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Specincation of Letters Patent.

application mea :December 4,1916. serial No. 135,049.l Y

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Louis CoA'rALEN, a subject-of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Joints for Use in Linkwork, of which the following is a specica .i tion.

This invention relates to joints vfor linkwork, of the kind in which two links are pivoted together, or indirectly to one joint pin. For instance, in V-type internal comf' bustion engines it is common practice to connect two connecting rods to a smgle crank pin, and an arrangement commonly employed is to cause one connecting rod to take a bearing on the rcrank pin and the other is minor connectin pivoted to a supplementary pin carried at thelower end of the first connecting rod. When thisinvention is applied to connecting rods of this kind it provides .simple means of lubrication. In the 'accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing two connecting rods for a V-type internal combustion engine connected together in accordance with this invention. v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line l 2 2 of Fig, 1, omitting the crank pin C.

Like letters lindicate like drawings.

In the drawings the axis of the crank shaft is shown at A and that of the crank pin at A2,l the crank webs being indicated at As. The master connecting rod B is provided with a bush B2 which takesits bearing upon parts in both the tubular crank pin C. Formed integral with the end of the master rod are two lugs D D2 having openings therethrough. In these openings is held a bearing pin E carry' g a bush rod G.

The bearing pin E is free to float in the openings of the lugs D D2 and at each end is a washer H and these bear against the ends of the pin E but there is a sli ht clearance between the faces of the was ers and the F upon which works the,`

recessed faces of the lugs D D2. The wash-V of the lugs if this is necessary. 1

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Holes such as L in the bearing .pin lead the oil to the" bush F. Thus the pin is held in place -in a very simple manner, and the ends' of the hollow pin are closed so that lubricant supplied to the interior cannot escape except through the proper outlets.

It will be seen that the chief service of the `washers His to retain lubricant in the hollow bearing pin E, but they also serve to- -hold the pin in position.

Thls mventlon may obviously be applied to joilsts other than those of engine connecting ro What I claim as my invention, and desire. to secure by Letters Patent of the United States isz- 1. In linkwork, the combination of a crank pin, a master rod bearing thereon, lugs on said master rod` having openings therethrough, a bearing pin free to float in said openings, and a rod'upon said bearing pin substantially as set forth.

2. In linkwork, the combination of a crank pin, a master rod bearing thereon, lugs on said master rod, a bearing pin free to lioat in said lugs, a bolt through said bearing pin, a washer engaging each end of said bearing pin and acted upon by said bolt, and a rod upon said bearing pin substantially as set forth.

3. In linkwork, the combination of a. crank 1n, a master rod, a b ush for said rod bearf mg upon said crank p1nlugs on said master rod, a hollow b9/ming pim frs@ to oa in sidf lugs, said bushhmving an @il passage t@ said hollow pin a bolt through sad pinv Washelrs pn said. boit engsging sald pin, a To@ basl mg (mssid bearmg pm, a bush to smdl pm,

sand beming pm having oil passages, sub'- stmtially as set forth.,

lfm testimony whe'eof f haw@ signed my ne, to this specincation in the p11-eswc@ of JWo subscribing WpfsnassesD LUIS CATALEN Vitmesses:

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